Horbaef was an Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

ian prince

Prince

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 of the 4th dynasty. His title was "king's son". He was named after god Horus

Horus

Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...

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Biography

Horbaef was a son of Pharaoh Khufu

Khufu

Khufu , also known as Cheops or, in Manetho, Suphis , was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of...

 and unknown woman. He married his half-sister Meresankh II

Meresankh II

Meresankh II was a Queen of Egypt who lived during 4th dynasty.-Family:Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is never explicitly called their daughter however...

 and they had children: daughters Nefertkau III

Nefertkau III

Nefertkau III was an Ancient Egyptian Princess. She lived during the 4th dynasty. She was possibly a daughter of Meresankh II and Prince Horbaef and thus sister of Nebty-tepites. She was married to an official named Iynefer. She was buried with her husband in G 7820.-Family:Nefertkau was possibly a...

 and Nebty-tepites

Nebty-tepites

G16-tp-it-aNebty-tepites was a Princess of Ancient Egypt. She is mentioned in the tomb of her mother, Meresankh II.- Biography :...

. It is assumed that Horbaef also had one son called Djaty

Djaty

Djaty I was a nobleman who lived in the ancient Egypt during the 4th dynasty. He was an Overseer of the expedition.- Biography :...

. After Horbaef died, he was buried in mastaba G 7410-7420 at Giza. His widow Meresankh married one pharaoh, her other half-brother, either Djedefra

Djedefra

Djedefre was an Egyptian pharaoh, the son and immediate successor of Khufu. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Re." Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra as part of his royal titulary, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity of the...

 or Khafra

Khafra

Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

and thus she became a Queen. She was later buried in mastaba G 7410-7420 alongside with her first husband.

It's possible that Djaty was a son of Meresankh's second husband because he had a title "king's son of his body" and Horbaef was never a king, just a prince.